Search Results: Titles starting with F from Knickerbocker Books

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1958. First US Edition. British Copyright 1958; this copy 1959 (printed on title page). VERY GOOD hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket. Scarce. A 'debate' on nuclear policy in England that included notables such as Kingsley Amis, EM. Forster, Dr. Arnold Toynbee, John Davy, Roy Harrod, Alan Bullock, John Hare, Stephen Spender and The Archbishop of Canterbury. "A book to ponder and discuss and pray over..." - now as then. This is a tight, clean, unmarked copy - slightly dust stained on edges but text otherwise fresh. Bound in bright red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering. Lacket is intact with price on front flap, slightly rubbed and soiled and with some chipping along edges. Still quite nice and now in a clear arhival protector. 5 x 7-1/2". 112 pages. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928 1928. Stated First Edition, with code M-B on copyright page. Volume 1 (of 2). A clean, tight, hardcover in green buckram, gilt lettered on spine. Lightly marked ex-library copy, the only markings are blind embossed stamp to title and first text pages; two catalog numbers marked on copyright page; one on first text page; card pocket on rear pasted end and i.d. marked in white at bottom of cover spine. Complete with 25 B&W illustration plates. Text pages clean and near fine. Cover clean, rubbed along hinges and corners but sturdy and attractive. Binding and hinges firm and intact. 6 x 9-1/4"; 344 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Springfield, Illinois: The Franklin Life Insurance Company, 1972. 1972 Hardcover. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy in blue cloth hardcover binding. Pages and cover fresh and clean - light rubbing to cover corners, spine ends, all else fine. Dust jacket is clean and complete, lightly edge worn with rub marks and tiny closed tears to spine ends, corners. Binding and hinges very tight; boards and spine straight. 6 x 9-1/4"; vii + 256 pages. B&W illustrations . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978 NEAR FINE - a crisp, clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy. Cover of marbled paper over boards with black cloth spine, gilt lettered. Cloth at spine ends lightly rubbed, all else fine. A special, preprint of an extract from John Pearson's book "The Sitwells" which would be published in 1979. This Limited Edition of 'Facade' was printed in 1978 as a 1979 New Year's greeting to friends of the publisher. Printed by A. Colish, Inc. of Mount Vernon, NY on special handmade paper, Saint-Gilles 'Blanc'; bound at Horowitz & Sons, Fairfield, NJ. 4-3/4 x 7-3/4"; 25 folioed pages. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Marshall Cavendish Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number line. FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy in hardcover of glossy color illustrated paper over boards. Jacket design matches cover. Jacket very slightly shel-rubbed but no tears or chips. Else fine. Color illustrations throughout by Laura J. Bryant. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Bryant, Laura J. .

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1993. 1993, printing not stated. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages crisp and fine. Brown hardcover is gilt titled on spine; slight color fade along edges, small bump at base of spine, otherwise fine. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. Color pictorial jacket is clean and complete; lightly shelf rubbing/scuffing and 2 short closed tears, still bright and handsome and in a clear archival protector. A fascinating look at the lifestyles of the privileged class in America and Europe through the last decades of the 19th and into the early 20th century. Richly illustrated with black and white archival photos as well as color reproductions. 9-3/4 x 12-1/4"; 224 pages. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. 1980 First Edition, printing unstated.VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A crisp, clean, firmly bound hardcover- the only marking is a gift inscription penned on front free endpaper, dated Christmas 1984. Pages fine. Cover of illustrated paper over boards with green cloth spine is clean with slight rubbing to edges, small bump to rear top corner. Binding tight. Dust jacket is overall clean and bright; it is price clipped, margins are lightly toned and there is soiling to top rear corner. No tears or chips. Swedish artist Carl Larsson's color illustrations evoke his home at the turn of the twentieth century. 12-1/4 x 9-1/4"; 32 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Larsson, Carl.

Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1972. 1972 Stated First Edition. FINE in VERY GOOD+, unclipped, dust jacket. SIGNED by LESLEY FROST (Robert Frost's daughter and author of the Foreword to this edition.) She inscribed, in black ink, on the front endpaper "To Dear Garrity, with all best, from Lesley Frost. June 8, 1978." Lesley also noted on back jacket flap that the cover artwork was taken from 1928 passport photos to England and France of Robert and Elinor. A clean, otherwise unmarked copy - pages fine; hardcover of brown cloth, spine with gilt and black stamping. Cover very lightly edge-rubbed but otherwise fine. Dust jacket is complete, price intact, no tears or chips. Jacket has some rubbing and light marking to back panels, edges slightly toned. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding firm, hinges tight, boards and spine straight. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2"; xxi + 293 pages. Signed by Frost's Daughter. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+.

London: Chatto & Windus Undated, circa 1930. VERY GOOD. A clean, well-preserved hardcover; no jacket. First published in 1929 as "Murder Most Foul", The only marking to the book is inscription on front endpaper "You stole this book from Marylou Derr." Several leaves creased along thumb edge but otherwise pages are clean and very good. Endpapers moderately toned. Bound in bright blue cloth with red titling on spine. Cover is clean, moderately rubbed along edges and hinges. Binding a bit wobbly but hinges are intact; no tears or splits to binding. 4-3/4 x 7-1/2"; 848 pp. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Albany, New York: Fort Orange Press, 1892. 1892. SCARCE. VERY GOOD, bound in paper wrapper. Satirical verses include the title poem plus 'historical notes'; an ode to Albany: "Albany", and "The Patroon Speaks", "A Hollandish Hiatus" and "The Two Conquests of Manhattan." The Dedication reads, "To the Holland Society of New York and Albany, Deeply knowing and loving the history and tradition of the Colonial Low Dutch, this Fantasy and these Conceits are inscribed by The Author." An odd and very rare work. Text, printed on quality laid paper, is clean and fine: no markings, occasional edge wear and corner creasing. Yellow paper wrapper is lightly soiled and heavily edge worn with a chip from front top corner, large chip from rear top corner, several shallow chips and one long closed tear. Binding is tight. The book was printed for Fort Orange Press by Brandow Printing Company in Albany, New York. 6 x 9.5". 133 text pages . First Edition.… Read More

New York: Atheneum, 1983. AUTHOR SIGNED. Second printing, February 1983. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD price intact dust jacket. Signed by Evan Hunter (Ed McBain was another pen name of this author), in black ink, on the title page. A crisp, clean, otherwise unmarked copy; tightly bound in black hardcover with blue cloth spine titled in silver. Cover is clean, slightly rubbed. Pages fine. Binding and hinges tight, intact and straight. The jacket is complete with $12.95 price on front flap. Jacket is clean, lightly shelf rubbed with short tear and tiny chip to top edge for front panel, short closed tear at top of spine, crease to bottom corner of front flap. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"; 248 pages. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Walker and Company, 1966 1966. NF in NF dust jacket. A crisp, clean and tightly bound hardcover. Pages Fine. Bound in buff-colored cloth, black spine lettering. Cover is fresh with only slight rubbing to spine ends. Dust jacket, price-intact on front flap is clean with light edgewear - rubbing to spine ends, small chip to front corner, It is in a clear archival protector, Binding firm, hinges tight. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"; 268 pp plus 17 pages of B/W photos.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company/Bullfinch Press, 1989. 1989 Stated First Edition. FINE in NEAR FINE, price intact dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked copy, tightly bound in black cloth hardcover, titled stamped in silver on spine. Pages and cover are fresh and fine. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. Unclipped color pictorial jacket is clean and complete; very light shelf rub but no tears, creases or chips. An in-depth look at the creative life of the famous fashion photographer, Patrick Demarchelier. Generously illustrated with sparkling color as well as black & white photographs, including several of his celebrity portraits and female nudes. This is a title in the "American Photographer Master Series." 10-1/2 x 9-3/4"; ix + 134 Pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948 1948 Charles Scribner's Sons First Edition with "A" on copyright page. Very Good or better unmarked copy in Very Good, unclipped, dust jacket. Pages clean. Front endpapers toned along hinge but otherwise interior is fine. Bound in dark blue or black cloth with blind embossed rifle on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Slight wear to spine ends, corner tips, otherwise cover is fine. Jacket, in clear archival protector, is slightly toned overall, lightly edge worn and has a 4" vertical tear along front flap fold. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2"; xv + 308 text pages plus 64 pages of illustrations.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Granada Publishing, 1982. 1982 Edition. FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Blue hardcover with gilt spine titling is clean and bright. Unclipped color pictorial jacket lightly shelf-rubbed, flap edges toned but otherwise clean, no tears, chips or creases. Binding and hinges tight and straight. 8 traditonal fairy tales in 18th century verions, illustrated in color by best-loved illustrators.8-3/4 x 11-1/4"; 96 pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Various.

Cleveland, OH: The Arthur Westbrook Company, 1908. Printing unstated, likely an early reprint. NEAR FINE. A clean, unmarked and unusually well-preserved copy of this cheaply printed softcover "dime novel." Pages are clean and intact, with only light uniform, toning. Color illustrated paper cover, with illustration on front is bright and clean, slightly edge rubbed. There small tears to back cover near staples; cover spine creased but intact. When trimming the book, the binder cut into series title at top of front cover. Back cover has listing of 100 titles in the series. Stapled binding secure, staples a bit rusty but intact. 5 x 6-7/8"; 98 pages. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Col, 1982. 1982, printing unstated, presumed first. NEAR FINE softcover. Pages clean, no markings. Color pictorial paper cover is clean, lightly edge rubbed and one small scuff on rear panel, no tears, chips or creases. Binding firm and intact. Beautiful color photography by David Cavagnaro and Frans Lanting; Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson. 11 x 8-1/2"; 96 pages. Paperback. Near Fine.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1995. 1995 First American Edition. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A crisp, clean, unmarked and sturdily bound copy of this massive, copiously illustrated biography, filmography (including texts for four films Fellini never made), correspondence and much more. Light marginal toning to pages and dust jacket; jacket is slightly edge rubbed - all else fine. Especially note that binding for this heavy book (over 5 lbs), printed on full matte coated paper, is solid; hinges intact, boards and spine straight. 8-1/2 x 11-1/2"; 456 pages. Will require additional postage for Priority or Overseas mailing. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thick 4to.

Paris: Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1982. Originally published in 1977 this 1982 edition was published to accompany the 24 November 1982-30 January 1983 exhibition "Fellini, ses photographes, ses dessins" at the Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris. NEAR FINE softcover. Includes additional prefatory essays by Bernadette Contensou and Danielle Molinari, and Henry Chapier. A clean, totally unmarked copy. Pages fine. Shallow crease to rear endpaper. Bound in color illustrated stiff paper cove. Cover very lightly soiled and toned along edges but is overall very good; no tears or chips. Binding firm, no creasing to cover spine, no cracks. Exuberant sketches by the famed film director Federico Fellini, reveal his sly and ribald wit. Color and black & white reproductions, most as full page. Text in French. 10-1/2 x 13"; 137 pages plus 6 prefatory pages. Third Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 1993. VERY GOOD copy of this work by Nahid Toubia. This 48-page booklet, staple bound in an illustrated paper cover, is clean and unmarked. Pages fine. Cover is clean and bright, slightly shelf rubbed. Binding firm and intact. Dr. Toubia was born in Khartoum and attended medical school in Egypt. She became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and was the first woman surgeon in Sudan. She now teaches at Columbia University and is a leading advocate for reproductive health and women's rights; a formidable fighter against gender inequality, particularly in Africa and the Middle East. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4". Illustrated with B&W photos. Scarce.. Soft Cover. Very Good.